List of rivers of New York
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Rivers in the U.S. state of New York include:
By drainage basin
This list is arranged by drainage basin, with tributaries indented by order of confluence, from mouth to source.
New York Harbor
Block Island Sound
Peconic River
Little River
Long Island Sound (northern side)
Housatonic River (CT)
Tenmile River
Swamp River
Mill River
Webatuck Creek
Green River
Norwalk River (CT)
Silvermine River
Rippowam River
Mill River
Mianus River
Byram River
Wampus River
Blind Brook
Mamaroneck River
Sheldrake River
Hutchinson River
Hudson River
Long Island Sound (southern side)
Nissequogue River
Wading River
Carmans River 10 miles
Connetquot River 6 miles
Forge River 3.2 miles
Swan River 2 miles
Patchogue River 1 mile
Carlls River
Massapequa Creek
Aspatuck River
Speonk River
Arthur Kill
Arthur Kill
Fresh Kills
Richmond Creek
Passaic River (NJ)
Saddle River
Pompton River (NJ)
Pequannock River (NJ)
Wanaque River
Ringwood River
Ramapo River
Mahwah River
Hackensack River
Pascack Brook
Upper New York Bay
Kill Van Kull (tidal strait)
East River (tidal strait)
Newtown Creek
Harlem River (tidal strait)
Bronx Kill (tidal strait)
Bronx River
Flushing River
Westchester Creek
Lower New York Bay
Raritan River (NJ)
Green Brook (NJ)
Lawrence Brook (NJ)
Middle Brook (NJ)
Mile Run (NJ)
Millstone River (NJ)
North Branch Raritan River (NJ)
Peters Brook (NJ)
South Branch Raritan River (NJ)
South River (NJ)
Navesink River (NJ)
Swimming River (NJ)
Shrewsbury River (NJ)
Hudson River Basin
Hudson River (also known as the North River)
Saw Mill River
Rum Brook
Mine Brook
Nanny Hagen Brook
Tertia Brook
Wickers Creek
Sparkill Creek
Sunnyside Brook
Pocantico River
Caney Brook
Rockefeller Brook
Gory Brook
Sing Sing Brook
Croton River
Kisco River
Muscoot River
Cross River
Stone Hill River
Waccabuc River
Titicus River
East Branch Croton River
Middle Branch Croton River
West Branch Croton River
Minisceongo Creek
Cedar Pond Brook
Annsville Creek
Peekskill Hollow Creek
Sprout Brook
Canopus Creek
Broccy Creek
Popolopen Creek
Hemlock Brook
Highland Brook
Stoney Lonesome Brook
Arden Brook
Indian Brook
Crows Nest Brook
Foundry Brook
Breakneck Brook
Moodna Creek
Silver Stream
Woodbury Creek
Mineral Spring Brook
Cromline Creek
Otter Kill
Black Meadow Creek
Beaverdam Brook
Gordons Brook
Wades Brook
Squirrel Hollow Creek
Fishkill Creek
Clove Creek
Sprout Creek
Jackson Creek
Whortlekill Creek
Quassaick Creek
Bushfield Creek
Gedneytown Creek
Wappinger Creek
Little Wappinger Creek
Lattintown Creek
Casperkill
Fonteyn Kill
Fall Kill
Twaalfskill Creek
Maritje Kill
Crum Elbow Creek
Bard Rock Creek
Indian Kill
North Staatsburg Creek
Black Creek (Hudson River tributary)
Fallsburg Creek
Landsman Kill
Rhinebeck Kill
Rondout Creek
Wallkill River
Shawangunk Kill
Dwaar Kill (Shawangunk Kill tributary)
Pakasink Creek
Verkeerder Kill
Platte Kill (Shawangunk Kill tributary)
Little Shawangunk Kill
Dwaar Kill (Wallkill River tributary)
Tin Brook
Muddy Kill
Mannayunk Kill
Monhagen Brook
Pochuck Creek
Wawayanda Creek
Rutgers Creek
Catlin Creek
Joe Creek
Indigot Creek
Cottekill Brook
Coxing Kill
Kripplebush Creek
Peters Kill
Stony Kill
Sanders Kill
Rochester Creek
Mill Brook (Rochester Creek tributary)
Vly Brook
Mettacahonts Creek
Ver Nooy Kill
Beer Kill Creek
Fantine Kill
Brandy Brook
Trout Creek (Rondout Creek tributary)
Chestnut Creek (Rondout Creek tributary)
Sugarloaf Brook
Sundown Creek
High Falls Brook
Stone Cabin Brook
Bear Hole Brook
Buttermilk Falls Brook
Picket Brook
Mudder Kill
Saw Kill
Lakes Kill
Stony Creek
Esopus Creek
Plattekill Creek (Esopus Creek tributary)
Saw Kill (Esopus Creek tributary)
Bush Kill (Esopus Creek tributary)
Maltby Hollow Brook
Wittenberg Brook
South Hollow Brook
Kanape Brook
Little Beaver Kill (Esopus Creek tributary)
Beaver Kill (Esopus Creek tributary)
Woodland Creek
Muddy Brook (Woodland Creek tributary)
Panther Kill
Dougherty Branch
Stony Clove Creek
Hollow Tree Brook
Bushnellsville Creek
Angle Creek (Bushnellsville Creek tributary)
Birch Creek (Esopus Creek tributary)
Elk Bushkill
Sawyer Kill
Roeliff Jansen Kill
Shekomeko Creek
Bean River
Bash Bish Brook
Catskill Creek
Kaaterskill Creek
Potic Creek
Cob Creek
Jan De Bakkers Kill
Basic Creek
Wolf Fly Creek
Bowery Creek
Tenmile Creek
Eightmile Creek
Fox Creek
Lake Creek
Stockport Creek
Claverack Creek
Taghkanic Creek
Kinderhook Creek
Valatie Kill
Kline Kill
Stony Kill
Tackawasick Creek
Wyomanock Creek
Black River
Mill Creek
Coxsackie Creek
Hannacrois Creek
Coeymans Creek
Mosher Brook
Onesquethaw Creek
Schodack Creek
Muitzes Kill
Mill Creek
Vloman Kill
Dowers Kill
Phillipin Kill
Moordener Kill
Normans Kill
Bozen Kill
Wynants Kill
Poesten Kill
Quacken Kill
Mohawk River
Alplaus Kill
Delphus Kill
Shakers Creek
Lisha Kill
Plotter Kill
Moccasin Kill
Sandsea Kill
Terwilleger Creek
North Chuctanunda Creek
South Chuctanunda Creek
Schoharie Creek
Cobleskill Creek
West Creek
Fox Creek
Switz Kill
Batavia Kill
Little West Kill
West Kill
Hunter Brook
East Kill
Auries Creek
Cayadutta Creek
Van Wie Creek
Yatesville Creek
Lasher Creek
Flat Creek
Canajoharie Creek
Otsquago Creek
Otsquene Creek
Otstungo Creek
Loyal Creek
Caroga Creek
Peck Creek
Sprite Creek
Mill Creek
Glasgow Creek
North Creek
East Canada Creek
Spruce Creek
Sprite Creek
Nowadaga Creek
West Canada Creek
Honnedaga Brook
Seabury Brook
Big Brook
Mill Creek
Mad Tom Brook
Concklin Brook
Cincinnati Creek
Shed Brook
Mill Brook
Indian River
Metcalf Brook
Betty Green Brook
South Branch West Canada Creek
Fourmile Brook
Mill Creek
Cold Brook
Oklahoma Creek
White Creek
Grandpa’s River (White Creek tributary)
City Brook
Maltanner Creek
Stony Creek
North Creek
Fulmer Creek
Flat Creek
Day Creek
Steele Creek
Moyer Creek
Sauquoit Creek
Oriskany Creek
Ninemile Creek
Sixmile Creek
Hurlbut Glen Brook
Wells Creek
Tannery Brook
Stringer Brook
Lansing Kill
Haynes Brook
Blue Brook
Hoosic River
Tomhannock Creek
Sunkauissia Creek
Owl Kill
Walloomsac River
Little Hoosic River
Fish Creek
Kayaderosseras Creek
Glowegee Creek
Batten Kill
Slocum Creek
Moses Kill
Dead Creek
Snook Kill
Champlain Canal
Sturdevant Creek
Sacandaga River
Paul Creek
Kennyetto Creek
East Stony Creek
West Stony Creek
West Branch Sacandaga River
Hamilton Lake Stream
Piseco Outlet
Fall Stream
East Branch Sacandaga River
Kunjamuk River
Schroon River
Trout Brook
Minerva Stream
The Branch
Patterson Brook
North Creek
Boreas River
Indian River
Jessup River
Miami River
Cedar River
Rock River
Goodnow River
Newcomb River
Opalescent River
Delaware River Basin
Delaware River
Neversink River
Basher Kill
Sheldrake Stream
East Branch Neversink River
Erts Brook
Riley Brook
Tray Mill Brook
Flat Brook (East Branch Neversink River tributary)
Deer Shanty Brook
Donovan Brook
West Branch Neversink River
Fall Brook (West Branch Neversink River tributary)
Flat Brook (West Branch Neversink River tributary)
High Falls Brook
Biscuit Brook
Pigeon Brook
Mongaup River
Black Brook (Mongaup River tributary)
West Branch Mongaup River
Middle Mongaup River
East Mongaup River
Tenmile River
Callicoon Creek
East Branch Callicoon Creek
North Branch Callicoon Creek
Hankins Creek
Basket Creek
North Branch Basket Creek
East Branch Basket Creek
Hoolihan Brook
Pea Brook
Bouchoux Brook
Abe Lord Creek
Humphries Brook
Blue Mill Stream
East Branch Delaware River
Beaver Kill
Willowemoc Creek
Little Beaver Kill
Fir Brook
Jersey Brook
Voorhees Brook
Shin Creek
Mary Smith Brook
Upper Beech Hill Brook
Alder Creek (Beaver Kill tributary)
Scudder Brook
Black Brook (Beaver Kill tributary)
Gulf of Mexico Brook
Tremper Kill
Platte Kill
West Branch Delaware River
Oquaga Creek
Little Delaware River
Susquehanna River Basin
Susquehanna River
Chemung River
Baldwin Creek
Bentley Creek
Seeley Creek
South Creek
Mudlick Creek
Newtown Creek
Post Creek
Cohocton River
Meads Creek
Mud Creek
Campbell Creek
Fivemile Creek
Goff Creek
Tioga River
Canisteo River
Tuscarora Creek
North Branch Tuscarora Creek
Colonel Bills Creek
Bennetts Creek
Purdy Creek
Crosby Creek
Canacadea Creek
Cowanesque River
Troups Creek
North Fork Cowanesque River
Cayuta Creek
Wappasening Creek
Pipe Creek
Owego Creek
Catatonk Creek
Willseyville Creek
East Branch Owego Creek
West Branch Owego Creek
Apalachin Creek
Nanticoke Creek
Choconut Creek
Chenango River
Page Brook
Tioughnioga River
Otselic River
Merrill Creek
Mud Creek
Dudley Creek
Hunts Creek
Labrador Creek
East Branch Tioughnioga River
West Branch Tioughnioga River
Genegantslet Creek
Bowman Creek
Mill Brook
Canasawacta Creek
Sangerfield River
Electric Light Stream
Callahan Brook
Little Snake Creek
Snake Creek
Tuscarora Creek
Hotchkins Creek
Sanford Creek
Occanum Creek
Sage Creek
Ouaquaga Creek
Watersnake Creek
Belden Brook
Wylie Brook
Reed Creek
Cornell Creek
Kelsey Brook
Landers Creek
Osborn Brook
Newton Brook
Yaleville Creek
Unadilla River
Butternut Creek
Wharton Creek
Beaver Creek
Carrs Creek
Martin Brook
Ouleout Creek
Treadwell Creek
Sand Hill Creek
Brier Creek
Flax Island Creek
Otsdawa Creek
Mill Creek
Otego Creek
Charlotte Creek
Schenevus Creek
Elk Creek
Cherry Valley Creek
Burditt Brook
Black Brook
Chase Creek
Oaks Creek
Fly Creek
Muskrat Pond Outlet
Lidell Creek
Phinney Creek
Red Creek
St. Lawrence River Basin
Lake Champlain
Great Chazy River
Beaver Creek
North Branch Great Chazy River
Little Chazy River
Saranac River
North Branch Saranac River
Salmon River
Little Ausable River
Ausable River
East Branch Ausable River
West Branch Ausable River
Black Brook
Chubb River
Boquet River
North Branch Boquet River
Black River
La Chute
Northwest Bay Brook
East Bay
Poultney River
Mettawee River
Wood Creek (Champlain Canal)
Halfway Creek
Big Creek
Indian River
St. Lawrence River
Saint Lawrence River
English River
Chateauguay River
Marble River
Trout River
Little Trout River
Salmon River
Pike Creek
Little Salmon River
Farrington Brook
St. Regis River
Deer River
Trout Brook (Deer River tributary)
West Branch Deer River
West Branch St. Regis River
Trout Brook (St. Regis River tributary)
Stony Brook
Long Pond Outlet
Windfall Brook
Lake Ozonia Outlet
East Branch St.
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